President's Substitute Wife

One was purple and the other was water blue.

“What is this?” I could see at a glance that these two boxes must be ornaments.

As he took off his suit, he said, “the purple one is Jack’s gift to Daisy.”

“And the blue one?”

“I bought it for you.”

“Me?” I picked up the blue box with white ribbon outside.

When I hesitated to open it, he had changed his clothes and came over. He held my waist and put his chin on my shoulder. “Other women have gifts. Of course, you have to have gifts.”

“Thank you...”

My heart was warm.

“Don’t say thank you to me. I said I’ll love you this time.” He held the box in his hands. “Open it up and see if you like it.”

“OK.”

I opened the box and there was a necklace in it. There was a curved pendant like a smiling face.

I remembered a colleague wearing it before.

When I saw it, I thought of the necklace Sean had given me before.

Sean reached out and took out the necklace. The next second I felt my neck cool.

He put the necklace on me and said, “Eric recommended it to me. He said girls like it, so I guess you will, too.”

“I like it. Thank you.”

By this time he had put it on me.

I bowed my head and touched the necklace on my neck. There was an indescribable feeling in my heart.

In the evening, Sean and I had dinner and sat on the sofa together. He watched the financial news. I sat and sketched.

When Sean was here, I always sketched him.

I drew him from every angle every night.

There were many difficulties in this relationship. This time I really hoped we could be together forever.

But I was always upset.

a meteor across my sky. Even if I tried my best to

So I liked painting

I sprayed it with fixative.

It was a kind of eternity.

his second sketch of tonight, his cell

a look at his phone and frowned slightly. It was obvious that he was hesitant. At last he

I watched him answer the phone on the balcony. He kept

and down the balcony and frowned. It seemed that he had

and just looked at him.

About 10 minutes later, Sean finally came out of the balcony. He strode to the door and

He turned to look at me at the door and hesitated for a moment. He said, “turn off the lights and

He paused.

It seemed that he was thinking about what else he didn’t tell me.

“What happened?” I looked at Sean.

He never seemed like

was silent for a moment and said, “Nothing. I’ll turn off the light for you first.”

finished and left.

had the light of TV. I looked at the unfinished sketch in my hand and

and went

Although I was afraid and worried, I tried to

in bed alone as if waiting for something.

I lay for a long time. Nothing happened and I

was anxious and I had many guesses in

I was even wondering if he would never come back.

looked at the wall clock and it was 3 a.m.

hadn’t come back yet. Did something happen to him?

What if he misunderstood me?

someone downstairs opening the door with the

I was extremely

up in the quilt and my

footsteps of someone going upstairs.

It was

with the rhythm of his going upstairs.

bed and walked to the bedroom door. I saw him coming up the stairs.

“Honey!”

rushed over and hugged Sean’s neck.

When I realized what I was shouting, I was also a little shocked.

care. I put my hands around his neck and get closed to his body.

body and carried me to

The room was dark and I couldn’t see his expression, but I

I was standing on the bed and as tall as he was.

speak. I looked at his face in the moonlight and asked him, “what happened?”